Texas Bicycle News June 1st 2021

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Local cyclists place second in state championship

Clara Sandoval | www.lmtonline.com

The Laredo Mountain Bike Youth team has only been around since 2012 and has made strides in the past 10 years. This past season, the team placed among the best high school mountain bike teams in Texas

The Laredo team is comprised of Alexander and United high school cyclists including Marianne Bautista, Avril Dominguez, Idania Dominguez, Sophia Granados, Iker Jaimes, Jose Antonio Martinez Jr., Daniel Musquiz and Melanie Reyes. They took home second place at the Texas High School Mountain Bike State Championship JV 2 Division and were sixth place overall to conclude a great season.

“I am very proud of the team and …

TX: Fort Worth bike rentals are booming, and electric ebikes are providing the jolt

by Gordon Dickson | www.masstransitmag.com

The city’s bike rental service has shown consistent growth during the past two years, despite the challenges presented by COVID.

May 28—FORT WORTH — The atmosphere surrounding Fort Worth Bike Sharing is electric.

The city’s bike rental service has shown consistent growth during the past two years, despite the challenges presented by COVID.

Officials say much of the increase is attributable to the addition of electric bikes — or ebikes — which are an attractive option for pedalers who don’t want to work up a sweat during their ride.

Of the 398 bikes now available for rent in Fort Worth, 280 are the …

Thief ‘Test Rides’ $6K+ Bike, Never Returns To Southlake Store

By CBSDFW.com Staff | dfw.cbslocal.com

SOUTHLAKE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Police in Southlake are looking for a man who stole a bike from the REI store at 1011 East Southlake Boulevard.

It happened the afternoon of May 15. The suspect asked if he could do a test run on a champagne-colored Cannondale Jekyll Carbon 129 bike worth $6,374.73. …

These North Texas cities are among the worst in the country for biking, study says

By Francesca D’Annunzio | www.dallasnews.com

The nation’s 200 largest cities were ranked based on factors including climate and amount of bicycle commuters.

Mesquite residents planning to celebrate World Bicycle Day on June 3 might consider riding outside of town.

LawnStarter, a startup that provides lawn care services, ranked the 200 most populated U.S. cities based on 18 indicators of a bike-friendly community and created a list of the best and worst biking cities in America.

Mesquite ranked 194 out of 200. The worst city on the list was …

El Pasoan to raise cancer awareness with bike ride around America

Bret Bloomquist | www.elpasotimes.com

Carolina Mendez knows there will be a lot of emotion when she pedals her bicycle into El Paso with 20 friends on June 11.

Her two-month ride around the western half of America will only be a week in, but the former Coronado volleyball player, recent University of Texas grad and member of the Texas 4000 cancer-fighting group knows the sight of her hometown on the horizon will be a special moment. …

Locals commend San Antonio man who biked nearly 20 miles to visit his girlfriend

Sarah Martinez | www.mysanantonio.com

You know how the age-old saying goes, “If you love someone, bike 20 miles in a non-bike-friendly city to spend time with them” – or something like that.

Reddit user u/dtizzle0510, who said his name is Darnell, took to the social media site Monday to share his trek – yes, a literal one – to go visit his beloved.

“Biked from my [apartment] to my girl’s house,” Darnell said in the post, which included a screenshot with all the details of his …

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No Rain Window But It Wanted To, Atascocita – Walden – FM 2100 Bike Ride

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Before biking today it rained about.05″ with the forecast promising more. But the no rain window stayed open long enough for me to bike without getting more than sprinkled on several times. The sky looked threatening but I think my sunglasses enhanced that look. I started at 10:45 AM not long after I watching stage 3 of the Critérium du Dauphiné from France. I chose a southerly and eastern route on what I call “Atascocita – Walden – FM 2100”. I biked 33.31 miles which improved the week’s total to 81.96 miles and a good start towards my 800 mile goal for June. I need to average 27 miles per day to get there. I biked this route for the 7th time in 2021, 4 times on the Canyon and 3 times on the Lynskey bikes.

Today’s bike.

6-1-2021 Bike Ride Canyon Endurace

Humidity and dew point reflected the rain in the forecast which meant sweating a lot even though it wasn’t that warm. Weather conditions: start 79 (89% humidity, 75.1 dew point), overcast, wind S 9 mph; finish 79 (84% humidity, 73.3 dew point), light rain, wind W 9 mph.

I thought of the bike ride as somewhat of recovery after yesterday’s 48 mile ride. But with the wind below 10 mph there were times when I kept the speed at 17 to 19 mph.

6-1-2021 SportTracks Bike Ride Summary

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Waco Bicycle Club celebrates Memorial Day with freedom to ride

by: Nohely Mendoza | www.fox44news.com

WACO, Texas – It’s Memorial Day, and dozens of Wacoans took advantage of having the day off from school or work to ride for freedom on Monday morning.

“Memorial Day is the freedom to come out here and ride bikes, and be together and celebrate freedom,” said David Blake, President of the Waco Bicycle Club.

Around 60 to 70 bikers and mountain bikers gathered in Waco to ride between 30 to 50 miles to …

Memorial Day Ride

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Memorial Day On The Spring Creek Greenway

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It’s Memorial Day. Time to remember those who gave their lives for our country. Before today’s bike ride I took these photos for remembering them.

  • 5-31-2021 Bike Ride Start Canyon Endurace Memorial Day-1
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I thought it would be a good day to bike on the Spring Creek Greenway. I wasn’t the only person to have that thought. As you see in the video many bikers, walkers and joggers were out. Weather cooperated with a low dew point and some sun. I began at 9:58 AM riding my Canyon Endurace CF SLX bike and after riding 48.65 miles I finished at 1:58 PM.

The video shows my introduction of the ride and one clip before starting to approach the bridge over the San Jacinto River. Then the video shows the ride to the end at I-45. I thought I recorded the return from John Pundt Park to I-69/US59 but I didn’t start the Drift Ghost camera properly.

This wrapped up May bike rides with a total of 864.7 miles. This is the second highest total in 2021 after April’s 915.65 miles. Maybe if the rain allowed I could’ve beat that. I did not bike on 6 days and got caught in the rain two times. One of those rain rides a nice lady gave me a ride home since my wife can longer help me. Below is a summary of the month’s bike rides. A good start to ride 200 miles this week. Today was the longest bike ride in May.

I stopped at John Pundt Park on the bike ride back to the I-69/US59 trailhead to eat a granola bar. After finishing the bar I took this photo. For some reason Strava is slow to update the total miles biked on my Canyon Endurace. The correct number is 22,229 miles.

5-31-2021 Bike Ride Canyon Endurace Pundt Park

Several places on the greenway showed signs of high water but were dry except for a short section leaving Pundt Park to Carter Park. Water covered the asphalt about 2 inches deep for about 20 feet.

Weather conditions: start 80 (74% humidity, 70.7 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind E 7 mph; finish 83 (68% humidity, 71.6 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind SE 13 mph. The wind wasn’t bad on the greenway thanks to all of the trees. With the shade it didn’t feel that hot. Humidity and dew point helped with the heat. It felt like a good day for biking.

Strava recorded a bunch of personal medals: 2 gold, 5 silver, and 2 bronze. I never think of these until they pop up after the ride.

5-31-2021 Strava Bike Ride Summary-1